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The Attorney General v Shay John Edward Bester

The Royal Court refused most sexual-history questioning of a complainant under Article 43 and refused a defence application to discharge the jury and order a retrial.

  • Sexual history evidence
  • Leave to cross-examine complainant
  • Fair trial
  • Discharge of jury
  • Retrial application
  • Sexual-history-evidence
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Criminal law [2025] JRC 021

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing

AG v Anthony (Royal Court : Hearing (Criminal)) [2025] JRC 021 (21 January 2025)

The Royal Court of Jersey admitted a 999 call and initial body-cam statements as res gestae, but excluded later police-account evidence and bad character evidence.

  • Hearsay
  • Res gestae
  • Bad character evidence
  • Propensity
  • Fair trial
  • Res-gestae
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Criminal law [2024] JRC 056

AG v Roberts

AG v Roberts [2024] JRC 056 (07 March 2024)

The court allowed late-admitted photographs of the complainant’s injuries after finding they were relevant, admissible, and not unfairly prejudicial to the defence.

  • Disclosure of evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Fair trial
  • Late disclosure
  • Photographic evidence
  • Criminal-evidence
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Civil procedure [2024] JRC 012

Crow v Fresh Dough Company Ltd and Anor

Crow v Fresh Dough Company Ltd and Anor [2024] JRC 012 (16 January 2024)

The Royal Court of Jersey refused to strike out defences after a window was replaced and lost. The Master held there was no abuse of process and a fair trial remained possible.

  • Abuse of process
  • Destruction of evidence
  • Fair trial
  • Contributory negligence
  • Obligations to preserve evidence
  • Abuse-of-process
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Civil procedure [2022] JRC 122

Pender v GGH (Jersey) Limited and Ors

Pender v GGH (Jersey) Limited and Ors [2022] JRC 122 (07 June 2022)

The court held that the plaintiff could rely on a disclosed Fox Williams email, found no obvious mistake barring use, and addressed whether fairness required further discovery.

  • Legal professional privilege
  • Waiver of privilege
  • Discovery of documents
  • Fair trial
  • Independence of directors
  • Legal-professional-privilege
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 174

Bonney v AG

Bonney v AG [2021] JRC 174 (17 June 2021)

The Royal Court of Jersey allowed an appeal against a magistrate’s refusal to recuse herself, finding apparent bias under the Porter v Magill test.

  • Judicial bias
  • Recusal of judges
  • Apparent bias
  • Fair trial
  • Case stated procedure
  • Judicial-bias
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Criminal law [2021] JRC 052

B v AG 18-Feb-2021

B v AG 18-Feb-2021 [2021] JRC 052 (18 February 2021)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against refusal to vacate a guilty plea for common assault, holding the plea was not unequivocal and staying further prosecution.

  • Guilty plea
  • Vacating plea
  • Assault
  • Intermediary appointment
  • Fair trial
  • Mens rea
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Criminal law [2019] JRC 233

AG v Murphy

AG v Murphy [2019] JRC 233 (05 December 2019)

The Royal Court admitted selected previous violent convictions to show propensity in a grave and criminal assault case, finding the evidence fair and relevant.

  • Admissibility of bad character evidence
  • Propensity
  • Fair trial
  • Identity
  • Grave and criminal assault
  • Bad-character-evidence
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 111

E -v- AG

E -v- AG [2018] JRC 111 (27 June 2018)

Appeal against Youth Court conviction dismissed. The court held disclosure had been inadequate but not unfair, and upheld joinder and the conviction.

  • Indecent assault
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Joinder of charges
  • Similar fact evidence
  • Fair trial
  • Sex offenders register
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Criminal law [2018] JRC 086

AG -v- Humble

AG -v- Humble [2018] JRC 086 (14 May 2018)

The court refused to admit Complainant A’s 2013 statement, holding that reliance on it would be unfair to the defendant and would risk denying a fair trial.

  • Admissibility of hearsay
  • Fair trial
  • Vulnerable witnesses
  • Exclusion of evidence
  • Hearsay-admissibility
  • Fair-trial
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